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Then The Eat Street Cookbook Arrived

Then The Eat Street Cookbook Arrived

Gerry just came into the office with a big padded manila envelop (I was going to say package, but I know some of you would read that wrong.) Inside was my last prize – the new Eat Street Cookbook. It’s filled with great recipes and beautiful photos. Even the trucks I visit the most – El Gastronomo Vagabundo and Caplansky’s Deli Truck (aka Thundering Thelma). And from the episode I was IN – Smoke’s Poutinerie . For the West Coasters, don’t worry, Japadog and Vij’s Railway Express are in here too! They’ve included a Truck Index and a Recipe Index.…

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Winner in 86’d Food Photography Awards

Winner in 86’d Food Photography Awards

As part of her 86’d events Monday nights at the Drake, Ivy Knight ran the 86’d Food Photography Awards Night last night and one of my submission won the Phone Category! This photo which I call “Zane, Zane and Mark” which I took one day when Thundering Thelma was parked near Queen & Church and Mark Cutrara was serving a meatball sandwich at the truck. There were some amazing photos submitted, over 700 in fact. Check out the other winning photographs and finalists in this year’s awards: 2013 86′d Food Photography Awards Finalists & Winners Here are the other images…

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Sweet Shufflin’

Sweet Shufflin’

I just won an iPod Shuffle.  Then I tried to convince them I hadn’t won.  Really.  I did. Here’s the deal.  Lately, Typepad has been announcing a new widget partner every couple of days.  One of the widget partners is Tumri CornerStore, that “makes it easy for your readers to shop for relevant product offers without leaving your site.” I figured I’d play with it to see how it worked, so I set one up for “electronic gadgets” on TheApprenticeBlog.com. I got a little square box down at the bottom of the left-sidebar displaying cool gadgets and a price. Click…

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